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Using High Frequency Thai Vocabulary: Yes/No Question Patterns
Yes/No Question Patterns… In this latest posting we will use the vocabulary from the High Frequency Thai Vocabulary List to work with Yes/No question patterns. Please note that there are many many...
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Bread Krathongs? Prayer, Appreciation, and Apologies
Loy Krathong: 2013… If you’ve never experienced Loy Krathong, it’s a must. As far as Thai festivals go Loy Krathong is right up there with Songkran. And if you do it right you’ll have loads of fun....
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Taking a Break from Thai Politics: Squat Toilets and Bum Guns
Need a break from Thai politics? Here a toilet, everywhere a toilet… The internet is going crazy over protests in Bangkok this week (condolences to Nick Nostitz). But as I’m in Chiang mai and far...
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Thai Protests 2013: Who to Follow on Twitter
Thai Protests 2013: Who to Follow on Twitter… Yes, the Thai protests are STILL going on. I was hoping they’d be over by now, but oh no. Seriously? I hope this protest is finished before I complete...
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Christopher G. Moore: The Kreng Jai System and Thai Politics
Kreng Jai System and Thai Politics… After a relatively quiet birthday celebration, followed by a weekend of mostly silence, on Monday morning at 9.39 (exactly?) the People’s Democratic Reform...
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Keeping Cool (Tempers) in Thailand
Keeping Cool (Tempers) in Thailand… I inherited a flash temper that I’ve mostly grown out of, and I attribute a chunk of the change to living in Thailand. Even so, I’ll stay cool cool cool, but if I...
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The Study Music Project: Christmas Edition
The Study Music Project: Christmas Edition… In Music for studying foreign languages I introduced you to Dennis Kuo’s Study Music Project. For those of you cramming for finals or in need of decent Xmas...
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Thai Language Thai Culture: Thai Words for This Time of Political Unrest
Thai Words for This Time of Political Unrest… Things in Thailand have warmed up once again (not talking about the weather this time) and a lot is being said by both sides. It might help to add to our...
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Thai Politics on Facebook: Manee Has a Chair
Thai Politics on Facebook: Manee Has a Chair… Monday (tomorrow) is the big kickoff for #BangkokShutdown, also hashed as #BKKshutdown and #ปิดกรุงเทพ on twitter. Starting early, the anti-government...
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Cracking Thai Fundamentals: Thai Challenge 2014
Cracking Thai Fundamentals: Thai Challenge 2014… I’ve reviewed scads of learning Thai projects since starting WLT and Polyglot Stu Jay Raj’s Cracking Thai Fundamentals Thai Challenge is one of the...
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New Facebook Group: Farang Can Learn Thai
New Facebook Group: Farang Can Learn Thai… Farang Can Learn Thai is an exciting Facebook group created in November of last year by language enthusiast Richard Jensen. Two months later (almost to the...
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Cracking Thai Fundamentals: Thai Bites
Cracking Thai Fundamentals: Thai Bites… In January Stu Jay Raj launched Jcademy’s CTF Challenge. Shortly after his wonderful Thai Bites started rolling out. Thai Bites are small ‘bite sized’ lessons...
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Interview: Luca Lampariello on Learning Languages
YouTube polyglot Luca Lampariello… Back in 2009 YouTube polyglots were becoming all the rage. Poking around to see what all the excitement was about, Luca Lampariello’s Channel stood out for me. What...
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Thai Language Thai Culture: Non-Synonymous Synonyms
Non-Synonymous Synonyms… As often happens, a mistake I made in speaking Thai has led me to thinking about things to share with our readers. In this case it’s where a Thai word has a certain English...
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Successful Thai Language Learner: Luke Bauer
Interviewing Successful Thai Language Learners… Name: Luke Bauer Nationality: USA Age range: 20-30 (26) Sex: Male Location: Hamburg, Germany Profession: Independent Translator/Interpreter (also...
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Thai Language School Review: Duke Thai Language School
First, a bit of a ramble about Union schools… Preamble: I haven’t written any reviews in quite awhile. Mostly because there are so few schools coming into the “teach Thai to adult foreigners” niche...
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Mixed Messages: Is Thailand Suing Singapore for Stealing Songkran?
Is Thailand Suing Singapore for Stealing Songkran?… I don’t know about you but I’m bored bored bored with the political protests in Thailand. Go home already! Just recently Kaewmala started...
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Thai Language Thai Culture: A “G” Rated Look at Thai Sex Words
A “G” Rated Look at Thai Sex Words… Thai, like any other robust language, has lots and lots of words for “sex” and all the stuff associated with it. And in Thailand, for various reasons, discussions...
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Amazing Thailand: ThailandOnly SongkranThailand?
Amazing Thailand: ThailandOnly SongkranThailand?… I don’t know what to think about the Songkran marketing push from TAT (Tourism Authority of Thailand): Amazing Thailand: #ThailandOnly...
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Finding the Tone of a Thai Syllable
Finding the Tone of a Thai Syllable… Thai children can apply the tone rules long before they can explain them. This is because they learn words in groups with similar characteristics. For instance,...
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